Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Promises Made, Promises Broken*

Barack Obama made a central part of his campaign for President his initial opposition to the war in Iraq.

Remarkably, he has chosen for his Vice President and Secretary of State senators who voted for the Iraq war, and has nominated for Secretary of Defense a man who has been waging that war as George Bush's Defense Secretary.

To govern in contradiction to how one campaigns creates a divisive political culture, by misleading voters about one's views and creating or exaggerating divisions.

A profile in courage, it is not.


* An ongoing series that looks at how Barack Obama's campaign rhetoric matches with the reality of his Presidential actions and policies.

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